• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Good example, especially given that it looks like a Russian oligarchy is where we’ve been headed since 2016 since 1776

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      2 days ago

      Nah, since the 80s at the earliest. The wealthiest were taxed up to 90% and corporations didn’t get the tax loopholes they have now until Reagan took office.

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        17 hours ago

        That’s where you’re wrong my friend, for while we had a progressive period in the 20th century, the united states were built by and for rich white land owners, so they could continue to benefit off that which they owned.